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There is a common misconception that if you price an eBook published using Amazon’s KDP facility in the 70% range that all sales will consequently accrue a 70% royalty payment. Not true unfortunately, there are some regions in the world where no matter what price range is selected or royalty option chosen, the payment will only be 35%.

Basically the royalties paid on Kindle books depends on a few factors, if you set the price correctly you operate in the 70% royalties region. But if the price is outside the designated range for 70% you only receive 35% royalties.

For 70% royalty the book must be priced between $2.99 and $9.99 in dollars, £1.49 and £7.81 in GBP and €2.60 to €9.70 in euros.

But there are a couple of other considerations, when you adopt the 70% royalty there is a delivery charge dependent on the size of the book, this reduces the payment a little more and is slightly different for each book (because the sizes differ affecting file transfer time and consequently cost). So when you do select the 70% option, as stated above, not every country is included. Here is the list of countries where the 70% does apply, any country not listed will only pay 35%.

Andorra

Austria

Belgium

Canada

France

Germany

Italy

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Monaco

San Marino

Switzerland

Spain

United Kingdom (including Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man)

United States

Vatican City

The good news is that most of the high selling countries do support 70% royalties so the impact is not perhaps as serious as you may think. Still worth knowing however if you have decided to target a specific geographic location, especially one that only pays 35%.